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	<a href=ride.htm><b style='font-size:34.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:blue'>Fly with us!</b> <br></a>

	<p>Visitors are always welcome!  Are you interested in a unique flight experience over the 
		beautiful Shenandoah Valley?  Please <a href=ride.htm>click here</a> to view answer to 
		some of the most <a href=ride.htm>frequently asked questions</a> about soaring with SVS.
		If you are already a glider pilot or ready to start lessons at SVS, we have information on 
		<a href=membership.htm>joining</a> and <a href=learn.htm>learning to fly</a>. </p>

		<p>A little about us...SVS is a glider club that operates at the <a href=http://www.eaglesnest.aero>Eagle's Nest Airport</a> 
      		just west of the Shenandoah Valley town of Waynesboro, VA. The club has over 50 members, 
      		and its equipment includes a 235hp Piper Pawnee tow plane, a Schweizer 2-33, and a Schweizer 1-26. 
      		SVS operates on flyable weekends, all year round, and on weekdays through special arrangement.
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<td>    <p>One of our members recently took his 98 year old cousin for a 2 1/2 hour glider ride.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USXhq2EPfFU">View a fantastic video</a> put together by club members about this flight. </td> 	

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    	<ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USXhq2EPfFU">New video of a glider ride at SVS!</a></li></ul>
    	<ul><li><a href="http://www.svsoar.org/news/pdf/Sep11.pdf">September 2011 -- The September newsletter is available...</a></li></ul>
	<ul><li><a href="http://www2.newsvirginian.com/news/2011/may/07/earning-her-wings-montana-teen-flies-solo-eagles-n-ar-1022895/">14 Year Old Solos with SVS</a></li></ul>
    	<ul><li><a href="http://www.svsoar.org/svs/First_Flight_Cert.pdf">Get a certificate for a first flight with us</a></li></ul>
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				<ul><li><a href="reading.htm"><strong>Books on Soaring</strong></a></ul></li> 
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